Helmet



J. H. GILSON.

HELMET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23, 1920.

KAMfiQZ. Patented Nov. 7, 1922.

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JAMES E. GILSON, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

HELMET.

Application filed October 23, 1920. Serial No. 419,003.

State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Helmet,

and have. described the same in the following specification, illustratedby the accom panying drawings. I

My invention relates to a covering for training the hair on a human head to stand and lie habitually in a desired position, as in the styles known as pompadour, parted, or bobbed. It comprises an adjustable cover, encircling the wearers head and adapted tohold the hair in place, especially by night, and especially when wet and drying. Among the objects of my invention are to render the helmet easily adjustable to heads of even widely different sizes without impairing its efficiency in any such adjustment; to make the same well ventilated and comfortable to wear; to promote the drying of the hair therein, when wet, by adapting one portion of the helmet to permit the escape of moisture by evaporation, and another portion thereof to extract moisture therefrom by absorption; to hold the same securely and comfortable in position hugging the wearers head, especially during his sleeping hours;

to provide an improved helmet capable of general application and use as a head covering; to prevent the hugging portion of the helmet from slipping on the head; and such further objects, advantages and capabilities as will later more fully appear. To accomplish these results, I incorporate in my improved helmet, as parts thereof, a crown covering which is of fine netting or other porous material and of special construction, a rough and moisture-absorbing cushion therein, and a pair of elastic straps of adjustable length, which are applied to the covering.

While my helmet is more particularly de-.

scribed in connect-ion with training the hair, I wish it to be understood that the same is of value asa head covering for other and more general purposes and can be made either with a top covering of open work material for ventilating and drying purposes, or of knitted material, ordinary, cloth, or imperforate material should the helmetbe desired for eneral use other than training the hair.

My invention further resides in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawlugs, and while I have shown therein a pre- 'ferred embodiment, I desire the same to be understood as illustrative only, and not as limiting my invention.

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Fig. 1s a perspective view of a hair helmet which is constructed in accordance with these principles and is seen from behind. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same helmet in operative position on the wearers head, as seen from one side. F ig. 3 is a like view of the same specimen of the invention, as ad'- usted in use and seen from in front.

The crown covering of this illustrative specimen of the invention is denoted in these teeter views by the numeral 4. It is composed of porous fabric, and has, whenin use, thegeneral shape of a hollow hemisphere. Being slitted from the middle to the periphery on a meridian line, it is adjustable to an increased circumference by opening apart the edges 5 of the slit, as in Fig. 1, or to a smaller size by drawing these edges overlappingly together, as may be required by the size of. the head to which the helmet is applied. It has a binding tape 6' which hems these edges of the slit. It has a. pair of elastics 7 and 7', of adjustable length, which are attached internally to the covering at the edges 5 respectively, and provided with the sliding loops 8 to engage .the hooks or catches 9 at the front margin of the covering. It has also the spaced slits, or eyes, 10, which accommodate the elastic 7', running therein,

alternatively according to the size to which the helmet is adjusted.

The cushion 11, forming part of the ML met, is a broad band of felt, or other spongy material, lining the margin of the covering 4. Being perviousto water, it is adapted, unlike the sweat-band of a hat or cap, toab stract moisture by absorption from the hair of the head to which it is applied; and, being both thick-and soft, is adapted to hold its position on" the head without slipping, and without discomfort to the wearer. if desired this band 6 may be of material impervious to water. Should the crown cov-' ering be formed of knitted material'or the like the cushion 11 could be omitted.

In using this helmet, the wearer first combs his hair, either wet or dry as the case may be, in the desired styleand position. Then with the helmet wide open behind, as in Fig. l, and without disturbing the position of the hair, he carefully lowers the corcatches 8 and9.

Then, sleeping or waking, as the case may be, he wears the helmet for a time in the described position, and thereby holds and trains the hair which-is therein. Then, after loosening the elastics, he lifts off the helmet without disturbing the adjustment of the hair; and all this he may repeat as often as the hair needs further training. In this way the several above specified objects of the in vention are successfully accomplished. Or if used for generalpurposes asa head covering the helmet will function in an obvious manner.

I clalm as my 1nvent1on 1. A hair helmet comprising a crown covering formed of porous material and having a slit from the periphery toward the middle of the covering, an absorbent cushion lining the'peripheral margin of the covering, and elastic means for closing the slit-and causing the cushion to hug the wearers head.

2. A hair helmet comprising a crown covering having a marginal slit behind and adapted to overlap aportion of the Wearers forehead and to underlap the occipital point of his head, a spongy cushion lining the peripheral margin of the covering, and a pair of elastics of adjust-able length, attached to opposite sides of the slit respectively and adapted to hug the cushion to the head.

3. A helmet comprising a crown covering formed of porous material and having means for permitting expansive movement thereof when being removed from the head, a cushion lining the peripheral mar in of thecovering, and elastic means for c osing said first mentioned means and causing the cushion to hug the wearers head.

a 4. A head covering comprising a crown portion having means to-permit expansion and contraction thereof to facilitate easy application to and removal of the same from the head of the wearer, a marginal edge portion dapted to be drawn into snug engagement with the head, a pair of elongated elastic elements secured to said marginal edge portion and arranged to be drawn in opposite directionsaround the head, coacting and contraction thereof to facilitate easy application and removal of the same to and.

from the head of the wearer, a marginal edge portion adapted to be drawn into snug engagement with the head, a pair of elongated elastic elements secured to said marginal edge portion and arranged to be drawn in opposite directions around the head, coacting means on said elastic elements and said marginal edge portion to secure said elements to said covering with the marginal edge huggin the 'wearers head, and means for adusting the length of said elasticelements.

6. A head coveringcomprising a crown portion having expansible means to permit expansion and contraction thereof to facilitate easy application to and removal of the same from the head of the wearer, a marginal edge portion adapted to be drawn into snug engagement with the head a pair of elongated elastic elements secured to the opposite sides of said expansible means, an opening in said crown ortion adjacent the point of attachment oi one of said elastic elements whereby the other elastic element may pass therethrough and said pair of elastic elements be drawn in opposite directions around the head, and means for securing' said elements in drawn position with the marginal "edge'hugging the wearers head;

7. A head covering comprising a crown portion having expansible means at one side thereof'to permit expansion and contraction to facilitate easy application to and removal from the wearers head, a marginal edge portion adapted to be drawn into snug engagement with the head, an elongated elastic element secured to the outer en'd of each of the sides of said expansible means, said elastic elements being adapted tobe drawn in opposite directions around the head, means for securing the elastic elements in drawn posi- "tion w1th the marginal edge hugging the means being free of any projections or fastening elements except where said elastic elements are secured whereby said sides are free to slide with relation to each other to permit free expansion and contraction of the crown portion.

Witness my signature at Omaha, Nebraska, October 19, 1920.

JAMES H. GILSON. 

